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Moon of the Crusted Snow: A Novel
2023 Canada Reads Longlist Selection National Bestseller Winner of the 2019 OLA Forest of Reading Evergreen Award Shortlisted for the 2019 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Shortlisted for the 2019/20 First Nation Communities READ Indigenous Literature Award 2020 Burlington Library Selection; 2020 Hamilton Reads One Book One Community Selection; 2020 Region of Waterloo One Book One Community Selection; 2019 Ontario Library Association Ontario Together We Read Program Selection; 2019 Women's National Book Association's Great Group Reads; 2019 Amnesty International Book Club Pick January 2020 Reddit r/bookclub pick of the month "This slow-burning thriller is also a powerful story of survival and will leave readers breathless." -- Publishers Weekly "Rice seamlessly injects Anishinaabe language into the dialogue and creates a beautiful rendering of the natural world ... This title will appeal to fans of literary science-fiction akin to Cormac McCarthy as well as to readers looking for a fresh voice in indigenous fiction." -- Booklist A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow. The community leadership loses its grip on power as the visitors manipulate the tired and hungry to take control of the reserve. Tensions rise and, as the months pass, so does the death toll due to sickness and despair. Frustrated by the building chaos, a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again. Guided through the chaos by an unlikely leader named Evan Whitesky, they endeavor to restore order while grappling with a grave decision. Blending action and allegory, Moon of the Crusted Snow upends our expectations. Out of catastrophe comes resilience. And as one society collapses, another is reborn.
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Do not read this unless you enjoy unanswered questions. Real rating 2.5⭐
I wanted to like this book, but it was just alright. A lot of what was brought up during the plot (ie, dreams/nightmares, mention of apocalypse, wedding planning, etc) was never really concluded.
There were mentions of nightmares and dreams but they never came to fruition or helped with trying to figure out what happened. The whole idea of being an apocalypse kinda was implied but it was never mentioned how it happened. It kinda mentions it that the "white men" had put them in their community and shut their power off on purpose. I'm not really sure
Many people died in the community and no one really grieved about it during the time, it was just overshadowed by their living situations.
It was an alright book, but it was just that. Would I recommend? No
I wanted to like this book, but it was just alright. A lot of what was brought up during the plot (ie, dreams/nightmares, mention of apocalypse, wedding planning, etc) was never really concluded.
There were mentions of nightmares and dreams but they never came to fruition or helped with trying to figure out what happened. The whole idea of being an apocalypse kinda was implied but it was never mentioned how it happened. It kinda mentions it that the "white men" had put them in their community and shut their power off on purpose. I'm not really sure
Many people died in the community and no one really grieved about it during the time, it was just overshadowed by their living situations.
It was an alright book, but it was just that. Would I recommend? No
This is a book that I had to read for English class, it starts off good but very slow; it is seen that the author is trying to build up to the twist but the character he set up for it (Justin Scott) is very obvious and two faced. The ending of the book is too fast paced and to much information is given to the reader at once, it is also unrealistic in someway as the plot comes to an end. At the end of the day I did kind of enjoy the book however I would not have read it, if it were not having to read this for English I would not have picked up this book.
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